said , " it was the jury ’ s task to determine whether churchill ’ s dismissal would have occurred independently of the adverse political response to his constitutional ##ly protected statements . " the jury found that the alleged misconduct would not have led to churchill ' s firing and rejected the university ' s academic misconduct claim as the grounds for dismissal . on april 1 , 2009 , a colorado jury found that churchill had been wrongly fired , and awarded $ 1 in damages . as one of the ju ##ror ##s said later in a press interview , " it wasn ' t a slap in his face or anything like that when we didn ' t give him any money . it
said, " it was the jury ’ s task to determine whether churchill ’ s dismissal would have occurred independently of the adverse political response to his constitutionally protected statements. " the jury found that the alleged misconduct would not have led to churchill's firing and rejected the university's academic misconduct claim as the grounds for dismissal. on april 1, 2009, a colorado jury found that churchill had been wrongly fired, and awarded $ 1 in damages. as one of the jurors said later in a press interview, " it wasn't a slap in his face or anything like that when we didn't give him any money. it